"I simply cannot figure out where to place you," he says. He then speaks words that continue to haunt me: "You're like a young face with an old soul." I stare at him blankly. What am I supposed to make of that?

David Ahearn's father did not want him to be an artist, but he became one, and created the award-winning comedy troupe, Four Day Weekend, which was named "Best Small Business of the Year" in Fort Worth, Texas.